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Jahmali Matthews ’22 has been awarded an FAO Schwarz Fellowship, a highly selective two-year award in social impact that includes a paid position with a leading nonprofit, personalized mentoring, and professional development experiences.

When Dylan Morse ’22 thinks about salmon, he sees more than a pink fish that cooks up nicely on the grill. He sees a connection between people and nature. Salmon build economies and culture in fishing towns and foster spirituality in certain First Nation communities. When climate change threatens Atlantic salmon populations, it threatens people, too.

Nearly 140 Hamilton student-athletes dedicated more than 400 hours to local organizations on Saturday, April 9, as part of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Day of Service.

These are highlights of the first quarter’s news coverage in 2022. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content. Contact Vige Barrie at vbarrie@hamilton.edu if you cannot open a link or do not have a subscription.

Editor’s Note: Warning; vulgarity used in title. Communications and Marketing student writer Alyssa Samuels ’25 shares her experience as musical director for the spring theatre production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ play Fucking A, which opens on April 14.

Five Hamilton archaeology majors had the opportunity to present their research at the Society for American Archaeology’s (SAA) 87th annual meeting.

A high school teacher’s focus on the My Lai massacre inspired Carolyn York K’75 to eventually find her calling working for equal pay for women and people of color in the workplace. “He taught me to see the worth of every human being,” she says.

As a research assistant for Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Heather Kropp, Claire Williams '25 is helping to produce historical spatial data sets and historical maps of Utica, which will be accessible to researchers and community members interested in how the Utica environment has changed over decades.

How did life on planet Earth begin? Nick Lane, a professor of evolutionary biochemistry at the University College London, shared his insights into that question as this year’s Robert S. Morris Class of 1976 Visiting Fellow.

Hamilton is taking a major step toward addressing climate change by setting a new goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, 20 years earlier than its initial target of 2050.